Overalls



(No Model.)

G. DAWSON.

OVERALLS.

No. 278,106. Patented May 22,1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE DAWSON, OF GARDINGTON, OHIO.

OVERALLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,106, dated May 22,1883.

Application filed December 30, 1882. (No model.)

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known 'that I, GEORGE DAWSON, of Cardington, in thecouuty ofMorrow and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Overalls;and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and

' exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in overalls; and it consists inuniting the pants and jacket together at their backs, so as to formpractically one piece, but leaving them disconnected at their frontedges, except by buttons or other suitable fasteners, so that wheneverthe suit is to be put on the jacket can be disconnected from the pantsin front, so as to leave the person greater freedom of movement inpulling the suit on.

The object of my invention is to unite the jacket and pants togetheraround their rear edges, so as to form but asingle garment, which can bedonned with greater ease and rapidity than where the two parts are madeentirely separate and have to be fastened on each other all the wayround by means of buttons or other fastenings.

Figure l is a front elevation of a suit of overalls embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is a verticalcross-section taken through on the line where the two parts arebuttoned. together at the front.

A represents the pants, and B the jacket. Each of these parts may be ofany suitable construction that may be preferred, and are nnitedtogetherin any suitable mannerat their.

above described consists in the ease with which the whole suit can hedonned at once, in dispensing with the usual fastenings around the back,and in dispensing with the suspenders and other such devices for thesupport of the They are comfortable,eonvenient, and

pants. durable, and from their peculiar cut and make hang directly andevenly from the shoulders and take ofi' all strain from theunder-clothes and suspenders.

- Having thus described my invention, I

claim-- Overalls consisting of a jacket and pants, which are unitedtogether at their backs, so as to form practically a single garment, andwhich pants and jacket are disconnected at their front edges, so thatthe jacket can be opened to its full widthiudependentl y of thepants,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of witnesses.

GEORGE DAWSON.

Witnesses DAVID V. WHERRY, R. F. BARTLETT, J. V. KRAMER.

